COMPLETE CAMPUB COVERAGE VOL. 36—No. 2 Fraternity Rushing Will Date Card Signing Set After 1 P.M. 50 Fraternities Are Expected To Pledge Over 500 Freshmen Sec List of FratomiUcb on Page 2 FiaUrmtv rushing,- which will begin v T ith the'signing, of dale cards at Ipm. tomor •’low afteingon, will be cli ~maxed at 5 p m September 25 when,more than 500, men 1 are expected to be pledged by • the 50 College social fraterni ties. t .Tomonow morning freshmen ' will got tlie.i date curds m Old Main first floor lounge from Bam to noon The silent period which has lestrictcd all contact betweeu fraternity men and freshmen since 6<p m last night will be broken for,the signing of date cards and open,rushing outside of fraternity houses from 1 p m to 10 tomoirow , Rushing 1 will' be conducted dei the supei vision of ‘an Inter ILu sh i n’g committee 'headed-‘by Walker ’4O mother membeis-are Donald Eyer i ’4O, Edwaid Harris ’4l,' Thomas' Ainsworth -’42 and -Eruf'Moeller irig n ,at 'll’ a fmXSatur“ vday fraternities may - have .their first luncheon dates Lunch- V eorfsdates from 11 a. m ..to 4 p m' and dinner dates from 5 p m. to 10-p. in will be held every day of this po.iod, ending at 10 p m. next Thuisday The only exception will be ' Sunday morning when the luncheon date isv scheduled to be gin at 10 a m instead of 11 a m. I Freshman will fill out preference cards naming the first two frater nities of then choice at Student Union desk fiomSa m to 5 p m on Friday, September 15 Frater nities will get copies of the prefer ences at 8 p m. that evening. A two-day peiiod of intensive rushing' will follow beginning at II .a *n the next morning, Satur day Saturday dates will last from 11 a m to" 4 p. m. and,from 5 p m‘ to *lO p m Sunday dates will begin at 10 a m with other hours the same f Bids Available Monday On Sunday nigfit, at the close 1 of, the intensive rushing period, fraternities will make’-out bid cards’ which they.must turn in at Student Union before midnight • - (Continued On Page Three) Friday The 13th Lucky Night For Collegian Subscriber ' Frida}' the thirteenth may be sometimes considered an unlucky day, but Fiiday, October 13, is go tag, to, be one of the biggest and best of your college'life this «year. , * Why’?’’ . _ ’ „ T . 'Because that’s when the Annual Collegian Dance will take place All’ you guys and gals will be swinging out to these jivin’ Cam pus Owls, Penn 1 State's leading 1 disher-outers ~of that thing called swing. i, ’ Andjiow much is it going to cost }ou foi this 'first big social event ,of the year? * \ *Not a cent In fact, you can’t buyiyoui way in v As in the past, only - those /individuals who sub scribe to tbe Penn State Collegian can make With every Collegian subscription goes one 'ticket to .the best-'dance of the ,;yean and with that ticket in hand you cau ask that smooth -'Fiosh 'blonde you’re got your eye on ' D to 12, in Rec Hall, the , Campus Owls'will be'sending it ;up"good r and solid 'The Owls have i just'- completed a'very successful 'summer'on tour tlnoughout this ‘of tbe state. V,- ; Prnn J§4alr fP doll OF ’43 K W WANNA GAZE AT THE. MOON ? First Observatory Unit Open; Work Progresses ’ With the fiist unit of the Penn State, Multiple Observatory now open, construction work is progressing rapidly on th» second st ucturc The official public opening of the first unit was held'during the latter p-irt of July with more than 350 peisons attending J plO jIC \pf ‘ KOl*' 1 evenings.. Dr. Henry Yeagley is t _ iJ „ j '\x , s in'charge of the unit while lectuies* ; .? S' ‘ Construction', work^on; 1 the" first u 'PhysTEd School To Stage” « nifc began hist summer, made' pos Biy Show Safiir'dav ' ' Blble h y the funds of . the class of mu anow Saturday * m 8 Tjie unJt 18 one of mnc hlch will form the only_multiple obseiv atory unit in' the country Telescopes which will be used m the observatories are being made in the College Physics Laboratory Seven students are engaged in’ this woik nt the present time and this College was the k fiist to offer a course in the making of telescopes A Fiesltman-Mlxet, the biggest show evei put on for the new 'comers, will begin Saturday after noon on New Beaver Field at 2 p m and will continue throughout the evening with dancing and movies in Recreation Hall The affair will be under the sponsorship of the School of Phys ical Education and Athletics,' and will be under the direction of a committee headed by Ray M Con gei, piofessor of physical educa tion Mushball, tug-of-wai, luces, and many othei sports are scheduled to begin in the afteinoon at 2 o’clock Hike Tentatively Planned ' At the present time plans aie under way foi a bike to Shingle town Gap, with a picnic lunch slat ed for the wide open spaces At d p m in the afternoon the freshmen will get a pievlew of the 1939 Nittany Lion grid warriors when the griddeis aie scheduled for a piactice game on New Bea ver Field v Beginning at 8 in the evening there will be excellent movies of last yeai’s sports contests in ei ther Schwab Auditoiium or Rec Hall (place to be announced in the counselois* meetings) Sound effects at the cinema will be piovided by football coach Bob Higgins ayd end coach Earl Ed wards i After the ■» completion of the - Continued-on Page .Five STREAMLINED That's the NEW Collegian! With the special introductory issue to members of the Class of 1943—the Initial edition of the 1939-40 'PENN STATE COL LEGIAN last Thursday—readers were offered the headline style for the first at tempt in this paper's history. ; r Such headlines have been - gaining' impetus in the news paper field for the past few years. Now, the Collegian, keep ing step with the times,'’brings them to you. -Designed to save time in the writing’ of headlines, the style 'also 'brings with it a clean-cut calmness—our contribution In a world of disorder. SUBSCRIBE NOW To your-NEW, ‘'streamlined" 1 Collegian and you will be sure to receive all 66 issues. „ ~ are being made at 1 the' completed-! unit - now, on clear Two Changes Slated For ROTC Uniforms Several minor 'Changes have been made, In the R 0 T C uni form and equipment this year ac cording to a release issued*by the Department of Military Science and Tactics Shoes*may be'high or low cut and must be brown and have plain toes The other change has been In the discontinuance of the round blue patch that the freshmen have been required to wear as customs while wearing the‘uniform r s / The Key To A New, Greater Penn State STATE COLLEGE, PA,-.TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1939 Jfa et Under Way Delay Owning Of New Striibtures Buildings To Until Second Semester Because OfjfLpck Of Funds; GSA Loan For Equipment Is Pending Although construction;orf lege’s $5,000,000 program ment will pi event the the second semester, it- has 1 }) administialive souices Fixed equipment will .pjrc semester, but.the problem ofei Gr -al St ■•<>. Aut*- • lor bf For New Dorms PWA Cut-Forces ~- | GSA To Drop Plan - 4 ' V Chances foi a new appropiiation ot $1,800,000 foi the College have been completely) dashed \\ ith the killing ot tW Spend-Lend bill The appropi iation, ’ cd by George H Earle, former Gou|l irnor, and approved Gov Arthur H _James7*wbuldrliav« .come to the Coll ege'jointlthrough cr'Wpides ‘Atlministratiofi^f PWA inasmuch' as the PWA has been lestiicted to paiticipating only in piojects not exceeding $52,000, however, the GSA xs ill be tillable to obtain the necessary 45 percent from that agency The PWA grant, tinder pievious GSA plans, would have' amounted to approximately $BlO,OOO with the state supplying the remainder, winch would have been 1 repaid within 25 years by the income de rived from the new buildings Extensive Program Entailed As outlined last fall the piojeot would have entailed an expendi ture of some 2% millions foi an other women's dormitory housing 425 students, four men’s dormi tories housing 500; a cafeteria foi 1,000, a uing to the Infirmary and additional boiler and powei house space to piovide for heat and pouei foi the expanded College facilities * ’ Under the levised plans approv ed by James the pioject would have eliminated, it is believed, the cafeteiia. Inflrmaiy wing, and some of the men's dormitories iter today, tomorrow [all of the buildings, in the Col 'been completed, lack of equip ’ot the 11 new stiucturos until bee'n learned through reliable (b'ably be installed foi the first lovable equipment rests with a tftiich at the piesent time is itnidn by,, a Philadelphia law vfifTh** situation is one of uncei inty,” Samuel K Hostettei, as stanfc to the piesident m charge fTJßusiness and Finance, claimed ■‘Jtfe are'receiving consideiation, nothing different fiom repoiti oftthe Jast three months” Bonds May Be issued ‘The proposed issuance of $6,000,- 000 in bonds by the Geneial State \Authonty_this month to equip the ' [buildings in its $60,000,000 insti f improvement p r o g l am [ ;may pave tha way for the installa > jtion of movable equipment in the ' mew sb uctures [*■ *The GSA expects to boi row the f’so,ooo,ooo fiorn the state and !. School employees’ retirement funds » Jt r was these funds which financed > .the-' builc* of„tlm construction pro-. * jgramV.nitiated ..under the admin : ijgtration of former Gov'George-H. j It has not yet been ascei tamed i what part of the new bond issue will be allotted to this College but present indications point to a fav orable allocation Depends On Legal Decision Gov Arthui H James’ Property and Supplies Secretary, Rogei W Rowland, su’d the bonds “will un doubtedly” be issued this month, pending legal opinion, and the pur chase of equipment started immed iately The decision of the Philadelphia law film on the legality of the bond issue was expected to be le leased jesteiday, but as yet there has been no comment from Har risburg concerning the decision Mr' Rowland was leported to be optimistic that the pieseut loan would go through, and that no difficulties would be encountered Work Blanks Available Employment blanks -for pait time work may be filed at the Penn State Chiistian Association office after class schedules have been appioved Prefeience will be based on need Wjfettt CHAPEL,.SPEAKER | Barnes To Speak At First Chapel Service Sunday Speaker Is Leader In International Affairs Revei end Roswell P Barnes, eminent leadci in the field of in let nutionai lelations and an a'uothoiity ,on diplomatic affairs and,, problems, will be the guest speaker, at the Freshman Chapel 11'a'm Sunday Rev Baines is associate socie tal y of the Federal Council,. of Churches in the Department of In terim! Justice and Good Will, and associate diiectoi of the Chinch Tiainiug Committee foi China Re- Met, New York City A graduate of Lafayette College. Columbia Unlveisity, and Union Theological Seminur> Rev Barnes spoke here last Februai} during the "Religion in Life Week" series He is the author of serial books and magazine articles, among them, "The Problems of the Colonies” ami "The Church and the International Crisis” Student Handbooks Available At PSCA Uppei class students and faculty may leceive a copy of the 1939-40 edition of the Student Handbook by signing at the Penn State Chris tian Association office. Freshmen 1 who did not receive the “Bible" through the mails may also secure a copy at the PSCA office 1 , ■Bjgg&K. PRICE FIVE CENTS Tomorrow 1,600 Freshmen Slated To Sign Up At Rec Hall Payment Of Fees By ’43 Class Members Set For Armoryi On September 26 A lecoid freshman class, laigest in the College’s S4-year history—appioximately 1,600 strong—wul registei m Rec leation Hall today and tomouow Moie than 400 students already have begun studies in I the five undeigiaduate centers in Dußoip, Altoona, Union town, Hazleton, and Pottsville, thus ei eating a. new mark’of approximately 2,000 freshmei This total exceeds last year’s freshman class of 1,868 which pre viously was the largest that had evei matriculated The increase is due partlv to the opening of ,i new underg'aduate centei in Al toona Division of the membeis of the class of 1943 ■will be as follows* 1,320 on the home campus, 400 at the five undeigraduatc centers, 105 at Mont Alto, freshman foi- Registration for upperclass men will be held in Recrea tion Hall from 8 a m to 5 p m. on Monday and Tuesday, Sep* tember 18 and 19, with payment of fees slated" for_ the Armory, b'er 28 and 29 ) Students who have had their applications for k deferred pay* ments approved must post their initial installment at the regu* larly scheduled time The usual five-dollar fine for late registration or late payment of fees wilt be enforced. cstry school, and appioximately 175 transfers and readmitted stu dents Same System Used Following the streamlined sys tem established two years ago in effort to expedite legistration, pay ment of fees again will be separ ated from actual enrollment in Recreation Hall Freshman legistration pci tods aie as follows 10 a m to noon—Agncultuie and Physical Education (men) students 1.10 to 3 p m.—Chemistiy and Physics students 3*lo to 5 p m—Mechanical Engineering and Mineial Indus tries students TOMORROW 8 to 10 a m —Home Econom ics, Industrial Education, Arch itecture, and Engineering stu dents 10 a m to noon—Libei al Arts • students (all women, men A-E). 1 10 to 3 p m —Liberal Arts students (men F-Z) 3 10 to 5 p m —Physical Edu cation students (women). Freshmen will pay fees in the Armory fiom 9 a. m to 5 p m next Friday, September 22 Calling All DANCE FANS 11 Do you have your ticket to the year's initial major social function—the ANNUAL COL LEGIAN DANCE? Do you know that a sub scription to the PENN STATE COLLEGIAN includes a ticket to this gala occasion? Yes, sir, It will be a gay party come Friday, October 13 in Rec Halt—Alumni weekend, by the way. And this year the COLLEGIAN offers a top flight dance band, Penn State's CAMPUS OWLS, for this out standing event on your social calendar. Check the date on your cal endar NOWI FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 Admission with COLLEG IAN DANCE TICKET SUCCESSOR To The Free Lance, Established 1887 Mass Meetings Inaugurate ’43 Activities Schwab Aud. Is Scene— Of Welcome Rallies ' Last Night, Today Pieceded b> a welcome mass meeting in Schwab Auditorium last night the 15th annual Fresh man Week will get under way at S.a this morning wheij the in* , comlng i froslimerr'wiU*be' officially welcomed In Schwab Auditorium Registration, school * meetings, tests, physical examinations, li biaiy piactlce and other activities designed to facilitate the adjust ment of the new students to a new en\honment will otcupy the fiesk men for the test of the day The student leaden,' mass meet ing is slated for Schwab Audi* toiium at h p m tonight Tonight’s Speakers Listed Listed to paiticipate in the pro gram are H Clifton McWilliams, all College Piesident, Davids E Peigun, Senior Class president; Jane A Romig, piesident of Wom en's Student Government Associa tion, Fiai.k C Anderson Jr,"pres ident of Interfraternity Council, Claienco H Evans, president of' the Independent Men's Associa tion luniata M Chambers, piesi dent of Pan-Hellenic Council, Mary H O Connor, presidents of Women’s Recreation Association, Grovei C Washabaugh, president of Men’s Athletic Association, Wallace H Dunlap, president of Penn Slate Chustian Association'," Beinaid A Newman, chairman of Intercldss Finance Boai d ,^A~.Wil liam Engel, Ji , editor .of .Col legian, C Russell Eck, business manage! of Collegian 7 Z A religious mass conclave, spoil soied by the Penn State Christian Association m Schwab Auditorium at 8 p m tomori ow night will af foid an oppoitunity for freshmen to meet religious leadeis of the campus and town Author Will Address Freshmen Monday Miss Elsie Singmastei, famous Pennsylvania author, will speak on "Rifles foi Washington," the subject matter of her last book, at a special Llteiaiy and Library mass meeting' for freshmen in Schwab Auditorium at S p m next Monday , Othei features of the mass meet ing progiam are a brief' motion pictuie, "Found In A Book*' apd a talk on "Oppoitunities for Ciea tivo Wilting on the Campus” by Prof Theodore Roethke of the de paitmenl of English composition, whose poetry has been published in many of the best known can peiiodicals Miss Singmoster was born -in Schuylkill Haven in 1579 „ She graduated from Radcliffe- College and holds honoiary degrees "of doc tor of llteiature fiom Gettysburg Muhlonbuig and Wilson Colleges She has wiltten over 30 books und more than 300 short stories.
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